Where does one find what has changed in a new release?

Question

Where does one go to find out what has changed in a new release?

I’m asking because Send/Receive used to show “X/Y KB” in the progress bar, but it no longer does (I just went from 7.5.100.62 [I think?] to 7.5.100.72). I found that helpful in slow internet situations–I could cancel an internet S/R if it was going to chew through a lot of data… So I don’t know if this is a bona fide change, or just something weird on my machine.

Answer 1

While we’re on this topic, I’d also like to see which project is
being sent/recd when the progress dialogue is showing the size. When
the send/recv starts for 1 project, you can see WHICH project, but
then as soon as the 213/876 (KB?) displays, the project name/code is
no longer shown. I’ve filed a suggestion to improve this, but wonder
if anyone else finds this annoying and would like to see it improved
as well.

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Hmmm… Mine is exactly opposite to yours: I have the project name, but not the up/download size. Weird.

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Paul:

Where does one go to find out what has changed in a new release?

Generally non-major releases (where only the last number changes) are only bug fixes so we don’t have a place to say what changed. However, 7.5 and 7.6 are starting to contain other changes in preparation for the 8.0 release so this might change.

Paul:

I found that helpful in slow internet situations–I could cancel an internet S/R if it was going to chew through a lot of data…

There wasn’t any intentional change to hide the “X/Y KB” stuff. However, I don’t think the send part of the send/receive has ever displayed this information. (I was wrong. )
Also, a lot of time spent doing the S/R involves local merges and verifying the data and it is not using any internet traffic - which might be what you are seeing.

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anon291708:

There wasn’t any intentional change to hide the “X/Y KB” stuff. However, I don’t think the send part of the send/receive has ever displayed this information. (I was wrong. )
Also, a lot of time spent doing the S/R involves local merges and verifying the data and it is not using any internet traffic - which might be what you are seeing.

Thanks for the correction; I was starting to wonder if I had been imagining things…

I guess what it comes down to for me is that the loss of information about what the program is doing leads to a loss of the ability to make informed decisions. While I appreciate your assurance that “a lot of time spent doing S/R … is not using any internet traffic,” I still would like to make internet use decisions with as much information as I can muster. For example, 846 KB is /always/ going to use more internet than 12 KB.

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Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I was trying to say is that the S/R is probably just transferring such a small amount of data that it is almost instantly finished so you don’t see the “X/Y KB” stuff.

I don’t know what makes you think you should be seeing it so I was guessing that it was just the amount of time the progress dialog was displaying “Send/Receive” which is not an indication of how much data is actually being sent or received.

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“Instantly” in North American internet terms can be quite a bit longer in other contexts… I have not yet failed to see the shock on the face of a guest to where I work overseas the first time they use the internet there. The shock is always more amusing with those who come to provide ‘tech’ support.

“What makes me think I should be seeing it” is that I was able to see it until the last update (7.5.100.72), even here in Canada. It is my plea that developers not lose sight of the fact that there are places in the world where the internet does not work the same as at ‘home’, that what happens ‘instantly’ in one place can take a long time in another, and that tools should be developed with that ‘lowest (un)common denominator’ in mind. Displaying S/R size may seem a non-issue in North America, but I can assure you it can be an issue elsewhere.

Sorry if I’ve crossed the line into ‘rant’ here… I don’t mean to be ungrateful for the tools that people are providing us–they (the people and the tools) are amazing! I guess the assumption that things on the internet happen instantly everywhere is a bit of a sore spot.

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Paul:

“What makes me think I should be seeing it” is that I was able to see it until the last update (7.5.100.72), even here in Canada. It is my plea that developers not lose sight of the fact that there are places in the world where the internet does not work the same as at ‘home’, that what happens ‘instantly’ in one place can take a long time in another, and that tools should be developed with that ‘lowest (un)common denominator’ in mind. Displaying S/R size may seem a non-issue in North America, but I can assure you it can be an issue elsewhere.

I still feel like you’re not getting what I’m saying. We all know internet is terrible in some places. The code has not changed (I have verified that); it still shows the information. If you are not seeing it, it is most likely because it is transferring so fast that you can’t see it (i.e. it’s not transferring much data).

Paul:

Sorry if I’ve crossed the line into ‘rant’ here…

That was borderline rant.